World champion, graduate, and rugby powerhouse Ox Nché is bringing his story of preparation and perseverance to Profmed’s BeRemarkable campaign.
South Africa (10 June 2026) – Ox Nché is more than a world-renowned rugby prop; he also holds a BSc in Geography and Statistics at the University of the Free State. Why does this matter? Well, because Ox Nché is the perfect example of combining two worlds.
Both are built on preparation, consistency, and the understanding that results are shaped long before they are visible. It is this combination that has seen another joining of two forces: Ox and Profmed.
Profmed has spent more than six decades working with professionals whose careers follow a similar pattern. Progress is steady, demands increase, responsibility grows, and outcomes depend on preparation and the ability to sustain performance over time.
That shared understanding is where the alignment sits.
“Ox represents a standard that is familiar to our members,” says Craig Comrie, Chief Executive of Profmed. “As a member himself, he performs at the highest level, he has invested in his education, and he carries himself in a way that reflects where he comes from. That combination resonates across the professional community.”
Nché’s journey starts in Thaba ’Nchu in the Free State. His name, Retshegofaditswe, means “we are blessed.” It is a name that stays close to him, and one that reflects a clear sense of identity as his career has taken him further afield.
Alongside rugby, he completed a BSc in Geography and Statistics at the University of the Free State. It is part of his story that sits naturally next to his performances on the field. Both reflect a commitment to building something over time.
Today, he has established himself as one of the most effective loosehead props in world rugby. His work in the scrum is measured, technical, and decisive. He applies pressure over time, adjusts, and stays in the contest until the outcome shifts. It is a role that demands strength, but also control and awareness.
He has carried that approach through his career. A Rugby World Cup winner and recently nominated for World Rugby Player of the Year, he has performed on the biggest stages in the sport while maintaining a level of consistency that defines top-tier players.
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The platform was created to give professionals a way to share their stories, not as highlights, but as complete journeys shaped by work, decisions, and responsibility.
By sharing Nché’s story through the BeRemarkable campaign, Profmed places his story alongside those of fellow members. A surgeon preparing for a procedure, an engineer working through a complex design, a legal professional managing a case, each operates within the same framework of preparation and accountability.
Nché’s contribution to the narrative is clear. What happens on match day is the visible outcome of a process that runs continuously in the background. Training, recovery, analysis, and repetition all feed into performance.
His description of the scrum often comes back to persistence. Pressure builds over time, small gains accumulate, and the result is shaped through consistency rather than a single moment.
That same pattern is familiar across professions. It appears in long hours spent refining a skill, in the responsibility carried by those who serve others, and in the steady progression that defines a career.
With more than 35,000 main members and over 70,000 lives covered, Profmed continues to work closely with professionals at different stages of their careers. From early qualification through to established practice, the focus remains on providing cover that supports long-term performance.
Nché’s career reflects that same steady progression. Each season builds on the last, each challenge adds another layer, and the work continues long after the crowds have gone home.
That is the real story behind success. Not the big moments people see on television, but the thousands of small decisions, early mornings, tough sessions and quiet sacrifices that happen long before match day arrives.
As the rugby season unfolds, Profmed will follow that journey through its BeRemarkable campaign, drawing connections between what happens on the field and what takes place every day across South Africa’s professional community.
So, whether you are packing down in a scrum, preparing for surgery, solving complex problems or building something meaningful, the formula rarely changes: show up, prepare well, keep going.
That is where Ox Nché’s story lives. And perhaps that is what makes it remarkable.
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